Model comparison

Kimi K2.7 Code vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI

43.3

Rank #94 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.7 Code leads 52.9 to 27.6.

Side by side

Kimi K2.7 Code and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Kimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderMoonshot AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index43.329.3
Released2026-06-122024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1932

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 42.9 (#95), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
DeepSWE30.5%—
FrontierCode30.1%—
LMArena WebDev1473—
SciCode47.5%—
WeirdML54.1%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
LMArena Coding—1101
ALE-Bench886.23—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: 24.0 (#122), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents37.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 25,083—

Reasoning Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 39.0 (#61), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
SimpleBench57.9%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1100
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Surface Evolver Bench48.8%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.97—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 52.9 (#48), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)54%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%
LMArena Math—1151

Knowledge Kimi K2.7 Code leads

Kimi K2.7 Code: 53.5 (#57), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
SimpleQA Verified36.5%—
LMArena Expert—1067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1061
LMArena French—1135
LMArena German—1080
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894
LMArena Russian—1111
LMArena Spanish—1111

Instruction Following Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following—1087

Long Context Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1088

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Kimi K2.7 Code: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.7 CodePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1083
LMArena Multi-Turn—1068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.7 Code better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Kimi K2.7 Code is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.7 Code or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Kimi K2.7 Code scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.9 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.7 Code and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.7 Code has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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